Radio listening in the UK has reached an all-time high according to Rajar, with 46.5 million adults listening to their favourite station each week in the first three months of 2010, an increase of three-quarters of a million listeners on the same period last year.
Digital radio is growing at a record rate, Rajar says, with digital platforms accounting for 24% of all radio listening in the first quarter of this year (up from 20.1% in the same period of 2009). BBC 6 Music increased its audience by 50%, while digital stations Absolute Radio Classic Rock and NME Radio are also gaining listeners.
There were also big audience increases for Radios 1, 2 and 5 Live – with Chris Evans, who took over from Terry Wogan earlier this year bringing more than a million new listeners to his Radio 2 breakfast show.
So are you listening to more radio? Are you completely converted to digital? And which shows and stations are your current must-listen favourites?
